Barrel-swing



(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 1. W. J. MARDEN.

Barrel- Swing. No. 229,002. Patented June 22,1880.

N. FEYERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHNETON: D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. MARDEN, OF GONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN- BARREL-SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,002, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed May 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JACKSON MARDEN, a citizen of the United States, residin g at Constantine, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel Swings, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to devices for swingin g out barrels from under store-counters; and the improvements consist, primarily,in means for automatically raising the cover of the barrel as itis swung out and automatically covering the barrel by the swing itself as it is swung back to place, and in the construction of the several parts, as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanyin gdrawin gs, Figure 1 represents an elevation in which the barrel is shown as covered in position under thecounter; Fig. 2, a similar view, the barrel being in uncovered swung-out position; Fig. 3, a horizontal section, showing the barrel swung in and covered; Fig. 4, a vertical section through the swivel-post and the barrel mounted thereon; Fig. 5, the jaw-plates on which the barrel is supported; Fig. 6, the hook-neck casting for the angle-grasp for holding the top of the barrel and Fig. 7 shows a modification of the device for automatically operating the cover by the swing of the barrel, while Fig. 8 is a sectional view, showing more clearly the connection of the strap 9 by which the barrel-cover is tied at its innermost point to the angle-stop f, by which the inner swing of the barrel is arrested.

The barrel A is swung upon a swivel-post, B, provided with means for proper attachment of the barrel, and suitable swiveling connections with the under side of the counter-slab O and the floor or platform D, as will be presently described.

A barrel cover, E, is connected with the swiveling post B by a mast-hoop connection,

' a, or wire loop, having the capacity of rising and falling vertically, as well as allowing of the pivotal movement of said swivel-post, and securelyattached to the barrel-cover. In theinstance shown this attachment is made eminently secure and durable by means of a T-cross casting, G, bolted to the cover, by the short arms of which cross the ends of the wire mast- (No model.)

hoop are clamped to the cover, and the long arm of which, ending in a concentric curve, b, conforms to and rests against the rounded swivelpost;

On the barrel-cover, in suitable positions, are eyes or staples c a, while upon the under side of the counter-slab, and in positions over them, are similar eyes or staples d d, and a cord, 0, is attached to the post at a point, h, on its outer side farthest from the center of the barrel, and, branching from the point of attachment so as to give a winding leverage, passes through the two staples d d, and thence downward, and connects with and is fastened to the two staplesc c on the barrel-cover. Therefore, as the barrel is swung outward from under the counter, being attached to the swiveling post, the said post, rotating, winds the cord and raises the cover automatically, and as the barrel is swung back the cord is unwound and the cover resumes its position upon the barrel to close it.

Back of the barrel, upon the counter-wall z, is a stop-guard, f, limiting the backward return movement of the barrel. To this guard f is fastened a strap, 9, which, being also at tached to the barrel-cover, serves as an aid to keep said cover in position.

On the floor or platform D is securely fastened, by screws or otherwise, a short pin, 70, having a suflicient base, I, which pin enters the socket on in the end of the swivel post B, while on the under side of the counter-slab G is a similar pin entering a-similar socket in the top end of the post at w. The said post is ferruled at the top, the whole swiveling post and connections being thus rendered perfectly secure and strong and of the simplest construction.

The post-B is round for the most part, but is preferably squared at its lower end to permit of a secure attachment of the lower holding jaw, which latter consists of two cast plates, a 0, with hook-extensions n 0, adapted, as shown in the drawings, to receive and grasp the barrel-chine. These plates have bottom offsets or angles, 19, with coinciding semicircular openings y, forming, when attached, a curbing or ferrule to the lower socket. The two plates are secured by a bolt, 1", passing through them and the post.

The top jaw-connection with the barrel is also of peculiar construction, and consists of a casting, F, concaved to embrace the post partially, and provided with a longitudinal slot, 8, through which a set-bolt passes into the post, to adjust it at different heights to suit different lengths of-barrels. At the top this casting has an open hook-neck, a, which receives the end of the angle-wire grasp 'U, which holds the top of the barrel 5 and by this construction said wire-grasp v has a hinged movement in the neck-bearing a to permit it to be manipulated to grasp the chine.

It will be seen that I have produced a barrel-swing wherein the cover of the barrel is antomatically raised as the barrel is swung out, and likewise lowered into place. This is a very important and valuable improvement in the retail trade. Besides, when a new barrel is to be put on, by this construction and arrangement the cover is kept raised until it is adjusted and returned under the counter. In-

. stead of the slot 8, I might use gage-holes t in the post.

It will also be seen that I have made a most serviceable, strong, and durable arrangement of devices for fastening, turning, and supporting the barrel.

.It is obvious that other means may be used beyond the cord and pulleys shown for raising and lowering the cover for the barrel by the rotation of the post as a cam-acting wedge, such as shown in Fig. 7, in which the masthoop connection a carries a segmental wedgeformed arm, 6, which works within a loop or staple, c, secured to the cover; and as the wedge or cam has its greatest thickness by an inch or more at the point c, it forms an inclined plane, and will raise the cover E as the barrel is swung out and will lower it as the barrel is swung in.

gle end, f, which serves as the stop to limit the inward swing of the barrel; and in this figure is more clearly seen the function of the strap 9, which serves to tie the cover E to the angle-stop f, so that while the cover is free to rise and fall it is prevented from being pulled out by the swing of the barrel just before the cover is raised therefrom.

The strap and the angle-arm co-operate to maintain the proper relation of the cover with the barrel when the latter is swung in under the counter.

In Fig. 7 I have shown theinclined or wedge form of the arm 0 in the position it occupies with the cover-loop 0 when the barrel is swung in and the cover-is down; and it will be understood that in swinging the barrel out the wedgearm 0 will be caused to turn out by its fixed attachment to the swivel-post, being so fixed by the screw a in the direction of the arrow, and the cover being held in position by the strap g, the wedge-arm will move in the arc of a circle through the loop 0, and thus raise the cover. The reverse movement of the wedge-arm lowers the cover, thus servingthe same purpose as the winding-cords.

I claim- 1. In a barrel-swing in which the barrel is swung from under the counter upon a swivelpost, the combination of said swivel-post, a barrel-cover adapted to be raised clear of and lowered upon the barrel, and an attachment of the swivel-post, whereby the swing of the bar- 'rel raises and lowers the cover.

2. In a barrel-swing in which the barrel is swung from under the counter upon a swivelpost, the combination, with said swivel-post, of a barrel-cover and a raising and lowering cord attached to said swivel-post and to the cover to give a winding leverage as the post turns, whereby said cover is raised and lowered automatically by the swinging of the barrel, substanticlly as described.

3. In a barrel-swing in which the barrel is swung from under the counter upon a swivelpost, the lower holdingjaw for the barrelchine, consisting of the two cast plates 1:. 0, provided with offset angles 19, having coinciding semicircular openings 3 and fastened by a through-bolt to the post, substantially as described.

4. In a barrel-swing, the top jaw-connection with the barrel-chine, consisting of the casting F, provided with the open neck-hook a, in combination with the angle-wire grasp, having a free movement therein to adapt said grasp to be raised over the chine, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the angle-stop f f, 

